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D. G. HAWKINS. COMBINED NAIL EXTRAOTOR AND BOX OPENER. No. 409,355. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAYTON C. HAIVKINS, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO RICHARD W. RIPPETOR, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED NAlL-EXTRACTOR AND BOX-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,355, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed February 4, 1889. Serial No. 298,690. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: head 6, and a sharply-curved nail-clawz',\vitl1 Be it known that I, DAYTON C. HAWKINS, eutting'edges, said nail-claw being eoncaved a citizen of the United States, residing at upon the inside and grooved in a V-shaped Torre IIaute, in the county of Vigo and State manner for the purpose of engaging a nail. of Indiana, have invented a certain new and Said levers A and B are fastened together by 55 useful Combined Nail Extractor and Boxa loose pivot a, either by lever B being passed Opener; and I do hereby declare that the folthrough a slot 25 in the lever A and fastened lowing is afull, clear, and exact description of in such position, or in some other suitable the invention,whieh will enable others skilled manner, as in a pair of tongs or shears.

[O in the art to which it appertains to make and The letter a indicates a pivot which fast- 66 use the same, reference being had to the ac ens the levers A and B together, and upon companying drawings, and to the letters of which the levers act as an axis. reference marked thereon, which form part of The advantage of my invention over simithis specification. lar contrivances arises from the following My invention relates to that class of exfacts: The two levers, arranged as they are, 6 tractors and boX or lid openers in which a having the claw of B fit into the notch Z) and pair of levers are pivoted together and formed the roughened surface it, gain an easy, stron g, in such manner as to be able to take hold of and safe engagement of the claw 2' with the a nail and extract it, and to be used in prying nail-head and purchase and l everage upon the off lids of boxes,barrels, &c.; and it consists in surface of the box or other article from which 70 a the improved construction and combination the nail is to be extracted. The lever B is of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully provided with a han'inier-head c, by means of described and claimed. which the clawt' may be driven deep into In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is hard wood. Thus it is easy to engage and a View showing a side elevation of my naildraw nails when deeply set. The lever A is 75 extractor and lid-opener in position for exprovided at its end with a chisel-blade g, by tracting a nail from a box. Fig. 2 is a view means of which the tight lids of boxes, barshowing the front edges of the two levers rels, the, may be easily removed; also the separately. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of handle may be used as a handle for the hamthe implement in position for extracting a mer-head f, thus giving a good substantial 8o nail. hammer.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter I claim--- A indicatesa lever, of which the following is The combination of the lever A, consisting a full description: a lever of metal or other of a handle n, a shank s, a hammerhead f, 3 5 suitable material, consisting of a handle 11, a and a chisel-blade 9, said chisel-blade having 8 shank s, a hammer-head f on the outer edge upon its back side the incision or notch b, t of the lever, and a chisel-blade 9, extending also the roughened surface 71 with the lever to the end of the lever. At about two-thirds B. said lever 1 consisting of a handle m, a the length of the lever from the handle a the shank s, a hammer-head c, and a curved nail- 7 4o shank is enlarged for the purpose of giving a claw i, and the pivot a, said pivot fastening 0 strong hearing at the point of connection bethe two levers A and B together, all as and tween this and the lever hereinafter defor the purpose herein described and speciscribed. The chisel-blade has upon its back fied.

face an incision or notch b, of such form as In testimonythatI claim the foregoingas my to admit and hold the claw-points of the leown I now affix my signature in presence of ver B, and also a file-toothed or roughened two witnesses.

surface 7L. DAYTON C. IIANVKINS.

The letter B also indicates a lever composed itnesses: of metal or other suitable material, and 0011- G. A. M OORHEAD,

5o sists of a handle on, a shank s, a hammer- GEO. M. DAVIS. 

